Brief garden update

Beer v. slugs: Beer won. I won't take a picture of it, unless you ask me to post one. I'm guessing you won't. The death toll so far is 3, I think.

C, I haven't had time to prune my radishes yet, but I will this afternoon or tomorrow. Tonight we're going to a crew potluck and I'm making a double batch of the Jicama Apple Slaw I mentioned a few posts ago so we can keep some for ourselves. Yum....

Now I just have to figure out what to wear. Ladies, do you ever have this problem, where your S.O. takes you to a function of some kind and doesn't tell you how formal it is? Honey, I love you, but unless it's Ladies' Night for lodge, you rarely know. Thus I've begun calling other wives who've been to these things before, or I wear something that can be easily dressed up or down with a necklace so I just keep the necklace on or off as needed. It's all about flexibility.

How does my garden grow?

I promised pictures of my garden, and here they are:



From left to right, I have arugula (which I picked a lot of, so it looks a little mangy), turnips, radishes, and lettuce.



Here's the arugula--It tastes really peppery and is great in a salad. There's something incredibly satisfying about eating it.


Above and below: Close-up of the fava beans and the whole "crop"



Radish!


Lettuce!

Peas! See how they're beginning to use the trellis (below)?



Annnd...slugs. Does anyone know how to get rid of slugs? I know about using Irish Spring to get rid of deer. We bought some yesterday; I'll let you know how that turns out. Now I just have to add basil and maybe tomatoes.